| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Part-time | 2 years | September | GBP 4733 per year | GBP 9220 per year |
The MA in Writing for Young People is well known throughout children's and young adult publishing for developing emerging writers' work to publishable quality. Writing workshops lie at the heart of the course, helping you to gain wide-ranging insights into your writing strengths and weaknesses and to experiment through your writing in a supportive but disciplined environment. A critical aspect of the course is the chance to meet other aspiring writers, to learn from them and to develop the creative networks that will support you in the next stage of your writing career.
Workshop modules lead onto the production of a full manuscript - or substantial proportion of one - with a clear understanding of how to complete the book. While most students focus on Middle Grade or Young Adult prose fiction, others choose picture books, chapter books, collections, verse novels or even narrative non-fiction for their manuscript project.
Your writing will be underpinned by increased understanding of children and young people as readers, of the current publishing industry, and of good practice in submitting to agents and publishers. You'll acquire the core skills and knowledge working authors need in order to give their work the best chance of success in the marketplace.
In addition to a teaching team who are all published authors, with wide-ranging experience of various areas of publishing and the Arts, the course hosts a programme of guest speakers and activities throughout the academic year.
We offer places on the basis of our assessment of your quality, potential and commitment as a writer and your ability to benefit from the course.
Usually, but not invariably, you will have a degree. This may be in subjects other than Creative Writing.
This is not a beginner's course, so we will be looking for evidence of originality in your writing for young people, and a sense of audience.
You will have read widely in the field of contemporary children's literature.
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